ISRO’s
initiative to promote research in Satellite Meteorology and
Oceanography among students, academics and researchers at Space
Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

Introduction Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) has launched dedicated meteorological and
oceanographic satellites viz., INSAT series, Kalpana-1,
Megha-Tropiques, Oceansat-1 & 2, RISAT-1 and SARAL. In future,
ISRO has planned to launch INSAT-3DR, Scatsat, GISAT and a few
more satellites for meteorological and oceanographic studies. Data
collected by these satellites are archived and disseminated
through a data portal ‘Meteorological and Oceanographic Satellite
Data Archival Centre’ (MOSDAC) designed and developed by Space
Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad.

Objective
SMART is ISRO’s initiative to support students, academics and
researchers across the country to pursue research in the field of
Meteorology and Oceanography using satellite data archived at
MOSDAC and other related datasets.

SMART provides
following support for students, academics and researchers:

Familiarisation to MOSDAC data

Data analytics and advanced visualization

State-of-the-art computer facilities and

Research guidance

Two outreach initiatives namely (i) Research Initiative and (ii)
Training Initiative are planned as part of SMART to accomplish its
objective.

Facilities Offered
A dedicated research and training lab equipped with
state-of-the-art workstations, display systems, MOSDAC data and
storage facility are established in SAC as part of SMART.
Students, academics and researchers attending the research and
training programmes will be allowed to use these facilities.

Call for Participation
Applications are invited from students, academics and researchers
for SMART research initiatives. Interested may fill-in the
application form provided at the SMART website and forward it to
the Head, MRTD, SAC through their respective Head of the
Department/ Institution. Applications are accepted throughout the
year. Patent, copyright, IPR arising from the work done at SAC
should be made jointly with SAC.